[Lemmy]

Bacardi4206 Bacardi4206:

Oh you were talking to me? Um... let me see. Last time I checked cow's were not extinct. They had populations all over the planet because of there high uses in both providing milk which is used in many products and also beef.

When exactly was the last time you ever heard of a animal being killed and eaten to save it's very low population? Hmm? or better yet what happens when nobody wants them? Congrats to the brilliant plan then as not only did it not work but they practicly killed off the species themselves and more quickly.

What normally happens to preserve species is they setup habbitats for them so they can breed. The idea of killing the species and eating them to save them just sound retarted to me.

I never said I'd heard of "an animal being killed and eaten to save it", but it's a hell of a good idea that makes all kinds of economic sense. If people did suddenly start eating this critter, farmers would invest in its production, breed it out and its population would increase proportional to the demand for the meat. Not at all retarded to anyone who's studied economics.

[Guy_Fawkes]

The problem is you have to have an advantage to raising these chickens as opposed to your standard chicken.

[Saffron]

Of course it's a good idea, and I'm no economist. Taste notwithstanding, it worked out very well for bison.

[Guy_Fawkes]

The taste is the only reason we have an abundant source of bison now. I sure a few may have been kept on reserves as a novelty but eventually they would have died off.

There is no evidence that these chickens are valuable outside of sentimentality, and if sentiment is the only reason they want to save the breed then put them in a zoo.

[Lemmy]

Guy_Fawkes Guy_Fawkes:

The taste is the only reason we have an abundant source of bison now. I sure a few may have been kept on reserves as a novelty but eventually they would have died off.

There is no evidence that these chickens are valuable outside of sentimentality, and if sentiment is the only reason they want to save the breed then put them in a zoo.

Well, let's get a hold of a few of these fuckers and find out once and for all. I have a nice, heavy charcoal grill and I'm sure I can scare up some beer cans (for us and the chickens' arses). You bring the salads and veggies, Guy.

[Guy_Fawkes]

As long as they dont charge 4.99 a lbs I'm all for it!

[Hyack]

Guy_Fawkes Guy_Fawkes:

Bison has a unique taste, and were almost hunted into extinction because of it.

Wrong, the "buffalo hunters" of the late 19th century took only the hides, leaving the meat to rot on the ground. The American bison was nearly driven to extinction by the US Federal government and the US Army. The plan was to deprive the native American Indians of a prime source of food, thus making them either starve to death or move onto the Reservation. The land was then open to cattle ranching and farming. The railroad barons also wanted bison herds culled or removed as bison on the tracks could damage locomotives when the trains failed to stop in time, or could be delayed for days as the herds covered the tracks.

[Guy_Fawkes]

I stand corrected, in any case it tastes delicious, and if it didnt the bison would be extinct.

[sandorski]

Guy_Fawkes Guy_Fawkes:

Well if we arent doing this so that humans have a sustainable habitat whats the point?

Humans dont destroy everything, if we did then the earth would be in much worse shape than it is.

That depends. It is trending toward Destruction at this time. Destruction is not just a Result, but a long Path towards a Result. At some point in Time we have to be on the Path, it appears to be the case now. So you say, "it would be worse", but I say that before the End of the Path, if someone uses, "it would be worse if it were True", then that someone will continue along the Path until it is True and only some future Person will say, "It is worse". In short, just because it isn't worse, doesn't mean that it will not soon be.

[Public_Domain]

[ShepherdsDog]

I hear it tastes like chicken.

[ShepherdsDog]

Guy_Fawkes Guy_Fawkes:

The taste is the only reason we have an abundant source of bison now. I sure a few may have been kept on reserves as a novelty but eventually they would have died off.

There is no evidence that these chickens are valuable outside of sentimentality, and if sentiment is the only reason they want to save the breed then put them in a zoo.

Bison were considered vermin to be exterminated, and as Hyack mentioned to deprive natives of a food source.

As for the taste, it is almost indistinguishable from beef. It's leaner and grass fed which makes its flavour different from grain fed beef, which have been bred for higher marbling. There taste differences and visual differences between Canadaian, American and Australian beef too.

[BluesBud]

raydan raydan:

I'm guessing that they want to create a market for them.
If they create a market, more producers will want to raise them.

Revised commercial Darwinism "survival of the delicious"